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"Following the verdicts in the Chauvin trial, not a single Alabama Republican issued a statement or commented on the outcome."
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Alabama leaders react to Chauvin verdict
Following the guilty verdict, Alabama's leaders talked about what it meant and what's left to be done.
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See recent postsPoliticians didn’t create America’s racial division. Racism did
"It's easy to blame politicians for all of our problems, but maybe the people who elect them are the real problem."
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See recent postsFringe ideologues threaten state’s economic future
"If Alabama continues to pass legislation and promote ideas of racial injustice and hatred, it will not achieve its potential."
Regions Bank won’t finance private prison company CoreCivic
CoreCivic is set to build two of Alabama’s three new planned prisons in Escambia and Elmore counties.
APR’s Eddie Burkhalter: A look back on my 2020 coverage
From Alabama's prison crisis to the COVID-19 pandemic, Eddie Burkhalter covered it. Here are his top stories of the year.
Fire at Gadsden Black Lives Matter activist’s business being investigated as arson
Gunn said he believes whoever burned his business is angry over his involvement in the movement.
Alabama athletes, coaches march to protest racial injustice
In solidarity, hundreds of University of Alabama athletes, coaches and staff, led by coach Nick Saban, marched across campus on Monday in protest of racial injustice. The group marched from Mal M. Moore Athletic Building to the schoolhouse door at the Foster Auditorium, where on June 11, 1963, Gov, George Wallace stood to prevent two … Continued
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See recent postsThe inevitable is inevitable
Donald Trump, in full panic mode – and that’s dangerous for the nation – floated the idea Thursday morning in (of course) a tweet that perhaps the Nov. 3 election should be delayed. We knew it was coming. One event Trump does not want this year is an election. He’s completely bungled the federal (and … Continued
Nine people protesting for Medicaid expansion arrested outside Alabama Capitol
Among those arrested was former State Sen. Hank Sanders.